A Jamaican police officer is being accused of attempting to smuggle cocaine into the U.S. on and in her physique, CBS Miami experiences.
Shelian Cherine Allen, 42, an 18-year police veteran, allegedly tried to herald the cocaine from Jamaica to attempt to distribute it, in response to authorities.
Police mentioned Allen arrived at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood Worldwide Airport on a flight from Montego Bay, Jamaica.
U.S. Customs and Border Safety discovered a bundle of cocaine inside her non-public space and a bundle of cocaine inside every of her bra cups, police mentioned.
Authorities mentioned in addition they discovered 90 pellets of packaged cocaine, which she'd swallowed, in her abdomen. She was taken to a neighborhood hospital, the place she expelled the pellets.
Federal brokers discovered roughly 1,350 grams of cocaine on or inside her physique when she entered the US.
She faces costs, together with importation of cocaine and possession with intent to distribute and faces as much as 40 years in jail on every depend.